On ‘Outrun‘ The SteelDrivers create a modern take on the murder ballad, with the outlaw escape moving from a fast horse to a fast car. No matter the steed though you can’t outrun yourself. The song is the title track to the new album from the band, which has a May 23rd release on the legendary Sun Records, and was written by Tammy Rogers (fiddle) and Matt Dame (guitar) along with longtime SteelDriver co-writer Leslie Satcher.
For such a high profile song it’s surprising to hear that it came together at the last minute as Tammy Rogers explains: “I happened to run into [Satcher] the weekend before we were scheduled to go into the studio and told her we didn’t have any ‘Leslie songs’ on the upcoming record. She made the time to get together and ‘Outrun’ was written in about an hour and a half!”
As one of the most renowned and imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music (and one time Eurovision entry for Ireland), Dervish have devoted the last three decades to gently reinventing the traditional songs of their homeland. On their debut release for Rounder Records,'The Great Irish Songbook', the Sligo-based band join…
And so we reach the penultimate Jingle Bells Friday for the year - and if it really seems like December just flies by then this is your chance to take a festive pause and just sit back and relax whilst sweet, sweet, seasonal Americana fills your ears. It's like a…
One has to be grateful that Irish folk veterans Dervish have not gone down the Rod Stewart route with this collection of thirteen classic folk songs, choosing instead to rope in an impressive list of guests instead. The twin pitfalls of recording such an album though are over-familiarity (if we’re…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
